Shawn Mulligan wrote:
> Has anyone here had experience designing battery voltage to 5V power
> supplies for use in PIC microcontroller applications, within the harsh
> heavy trucking industry?

Yup, we've done things for boats and trucks and other places that have nasty
spikes on 12V power lines.

As one example, take a look at the optional automotive power filtering
circuit of the QuickProto-01 (http://www.embedinc.com/products).  This is an
OK circuit that will do fine in most applications.  For extra robustness or
if higher currents were required I've used a series inductor instead of a
resistor.


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